Kass Media Productions

Future Films 

Future Films is a specialist, integrated motion picture organisation that takes productions from pre-financing to distribution and sales. This production company would be ideal to support the idea of  sporty teen drama as is took part in the production of Bend It Like Beckham, one of the films that inspired our initial ideas of the movie.

Scottish Television

Scottish Television Production is another company which supports the film we are trying to produce as it has history of creating sports movies with its role in the 1981 production of Gregory's Girls. 

Above is the chosen design for our production company known as 'KASS MEDIA PRODUCTION'. The Sequence was created using motion, the program was harder to use than anticipated but in the end chose to keep it simplistic.

Pitch Feedback

After reviewing the feedback we have decided that in the opening scene we will not be showing any bullying directly so not much of the film is given away However we will be showing the representation that the main character is lonely. 

Creation of the Soundtrack

Institutions to create our film

Future Films 

Future Films is a specialist, integrated motion picture organisation that takes productions from pre-financing to distribution and sales. This production company would be ideal to support the idea of  sporty teen drama as is took part in the production of Bend It Like Beckham, one of the films that inspired our initial ideas of the movie.

Scottish Television

Scottish Television Production is another company which supports the film we are trying to produce as it has history of creating sports movies with its role in the 1981 production of Gregory's Girls. 

Juno Audience Research

I used YouGov to find out general anonymous information on the movie Juno to see what kind of audience it appeals to.
Juno

 Juno Target Audience

 Trends of these viewers

Institution Research Teen Drama Mainstream vs Independent

Title credits (Along with the order)
Mean Girls
-Paramount (A VIACOM COMPANY)
-PARAMOUNT PICTURES Presents
-A Lorne Michael Production
-LINDSAY Lohan
-Mean Girls (Title)
-Cast (Bright Colours for different casting members)
-Based On The Book "QUEEN BEES and WANNABEES" BY ROSALIND WISEMAN
-MUSIC SUPERVISORS AMANDA SCHEER DEMME/ BUCK DAMON
-MUSIC COMPSED AND CONDUCTED BY ROLFE KENT
-CO-PRODUCER LOUISE ROSNER
-COSTUME DESIGNER MARY JANEFORT
-EDITOR WENDY GREENE BRICOMENT, A.C.E.
-PRODUCTION DESIGNER CARY WHITE
-DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
-PRODUCER
-DIRECTOR

Mean Girls Budget Allocation
$17,000,000 (Estimate budget)

Domestic: $86,058,055
+
Foreign: $42,984,816
=
Worldwide: $129,042,871

Opening weekend: $8,571,562

10 Things I hate about You 
-TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
-TOUCHSTONE PICTURES presents
-A Mad Chance/Jaret Entertainment production
-10 things I HATE about YOU (Title)
- Julia Stiles
-Heath Ledger
-Joseph Gordon Levitt
-Following more cast
-Casting Directior
-Music Director
-Executive Music Prodducer
-Associate Producer
-Co-Producer
-Editor
-Production Designer
-Executive Producer
-Producer
-Script Writer
-Director

10 Things I HATE about YOU Budget Allocation
$16,000,000 (Estimated Budget)


Domestic(US): $38,178,166
+
Foreign: $15,300,00
=
Worldwide: $53,478,166

Opening Weekend: $8,330,681

As these are mainstream movies with the available funding the credits and opening title sequence is a lot longer and also more colorful as it's more 'Light Hearted'' and less serious. The expectation from these movies are a lot more due to not only this funding but the expectations of higher quality, this is created when you see the big picture productions. Unlike the lower budget independent teen films where credits and budgets are a lot shorter.

My Brother the Devil
-Film Company
-ROOKS NEST ENTERTAINMENT
-WILD HORSES FILM COMPANY
-More Production Companies
-James Floyd
-Following Cast Members
-Executive Producer
-Producers
-Director

My Brother the Devil Budget Allocation
£650,000 (Exact Approx)

America Return: $10,000

Blogging health Check 1

Production Filming

Font Style & Type Updated

At first we had set fonts for all the text we decided we're going to put into the introduction and film. We felt these font choices were more appropriate for the theme, 'Bend it like Beckham' was the main influence for the font choices. A bulky text for the main text for titles.

CC Little Caesar SS Font- 'Finesse Productions' Company titles + Cast Introduction

Normal Sometimes - Teen Drama Title, 'A Lonely Dream'- Animation and Colour Co-ordination intended with the future title

 Sledge - KAS Industries

Planning on TimeToast

Twitter Page

We also created a twitter page that you can follow our production on as it is in process, we also update our teacher of where we are filming when using the college equipment. The link for our page is https://twitter.com/TitlesGroup30

Bend it Like Beckham- Inspiration

Our film is based around football which not many production companies will produce a film based on this. So it seemed harder to find films that could be used to influence our film. We focused on the types of shots that were used in the football scenes as it also related highly to the football scenes in our production. 

The video above demonstrates the shots that are planned to be used within the scenes for when the lonely boy when he is playing football. These scenes were recorded with the GoPro Camera which shows everything from his point of view, it was used to increase the suspense and almost give the audience a feel of how it is for the main character practising.

11-sub-genres of Teen Dramas

We categorised  teen dramas into separate sub-genres:
-Comedy
This is one of the most popular type of sub-genres in teen-dramas. The sole purpose of films is primarily to entertain and this is used either as a primary focus in films or it's used as a secondary role to enhance the primary sub-genre.
An example of a teen-drama that's focused primarily on comedy are ones like 'The Inbetweeners' , it focuses on the social awkwardness in british teenage culture groups, provoking stereotypes and common misconceptions.

However, there are few british teen dramas compared to america, a more popular or relatable comedy that focuses on specific american culture which consists of comedy and guy films sub-genres is american pie. It's a film that's popular in western society and probably world-wide as well.

Another very popular sub-genre in teen drama is, drama.

This drama other wise known as a chick flick is a movie that appeals to younger women specifically, focussing on the social aspects that young women experience in high school as well as the climb to first place of the popularity contest. This teen drama also has focus on comedic aspects which is very popular with the overall 'Teen Drama' genre. There is a strong focus on drama which is mostly perceived through conflict in relationships and social outbursts from characters. This is what drama is usually revolved around since this is what people can mostly relate to; the bully, the mother, the father, the teacher, best friends, nemesis and all of those stereotypical people one has in their high school experience.

First day of Shooting

Our whole idea of the beginning sequence of our movie is for the main character of our teen drama to wake up from a dream of him doing what he loves. And that is playing football. We wanted to use a GoPro as we wanted a Point of view shot for the viewer to experience the sport he loves playing first hand. We took some still pictures of our main actor playing in the football court so we got some idea of how it was going to look like, which turned out quite well. These are some of the stills we took.

 One of the major concerns of filming in the football pitch is if some of the players didn't want to be filmed we couldn't have them in our film, luckily, everyone was nice enough to give us ten minutes of their time and also give us permission to let us use them on our film. We also recorded some footage on the camera incase the GoPro footage didn't work out, since this was our first time using it and weren't aware of how the footage would come out. The footage from the camera really gave us an idea of how the football pitch scene was going to be, which to our surprise, was an authentic and genuine experience. This was what we were trying to achieve with the GoPro so whether the footage from the GoPro works out or not we have backup footage we'll be able to incorporate into the final edit.

The footage uses a wide shot, which is very suitable to capture the whole area however it's very shaky as it's strapped on to his forehead. We want the focus to be on the players he is facing and the ball but it flickers out of focus a lot so we might need to figure out another way to attach the GoPro, maybe even use a skateboard with the GoPro on top in a tracking shot.

Sub

Go Pro preparation

We intend to use the go pro camera for filming tomorrow and have checked the weather forecast and it shows that there will be a clear sky at the time we will be using it which is at 15:00-16:00.
We will ensure that the ND filter is not turned on.

A Lonely Dream Pitch

4-Analyse 2 title Sequences

 Mad Men

The credits are ordered from the actors (specifically with the main actor) of the series to the producers of the series and the sequence of credits finally finishes with the series’ title ‘Mad Men’. This adds a particular effect, it’s either hinting to the ones watching these names will be the representation of ‘Mad Men’ or that the madness these people will have involvement with is simply about to begin. The contrasting colours of red and black are conflicting as the tone of the red is one close to blood and black is a powerful and defining colour that’s made out of a different composition so it the text stand out which is the overall goal.

The font type of mad men is Trade Gothic Condensed.

Behind the font we’re shown multiple pictures of some of the characters within the story with a little sneak peak of whom or what their story will entail. The rest of the pictures are of old advertisements of the 90s. The rest of the pictures is of skyscrapers as is it is set in New York.

The background music for this title sequence is from an unknown rap song by DJ RJD2 and rapper Aceyalone.

The whole design and concept was decided and chosen by Mathew Weiner, a producer on the show. 

I particularly like this title sequence

because it reminded me of James Bond, one of my favourite series of all time and it just happened to be inspired by it too. It also stands out and is a pretty remarkable show overall which is why I chose it.

Game Of Thrones

The exact meaning of game of thrones specified by the title sequence wiki is as follows; ‘The sequence opens with a close-up of the sun and the astrolabe surrounding it. Relief details are visible on the astrolabe, showing a volcano destroying a city while a dragon watches on and several people escaping in a boat, a reference to the Doom of Valyria. The camera then pans to a wide-shot of Westeros and Essos before zooming in on the city of King's Landing, in particular the sigil of House Baratheon on what appears to be a large gear in the middle of the city. The gear begins turning, moving other cogs, and then three-dimensional buildings start rising out of the ground, such as the Red Keep and the Great Sept of Baelor.’ This is all very specific and only someone who has either read the book or is a complete game of thrones fnatic could understand what this actually entails. However, as an average viewer of game of thrones what particularly stands out in this title sequence is the funky art, the wavey transitions of different settings on the map and the great music everyone can identify with the show.

The music used for this specific title sequence is specifically made for game of thrones opening title sequence hence the name ‘Game of Thrones’ for the music. It was composed by Ramin Djawadi and published by Varese Sarabande.

The particular font used in this title sequence is Yataghan. It stands out in the ring that is the around the sun.

10- Target Audience Research for Teen Dramas

Target Audience Research for Teen Drama

To attempt any kind of research we must first start with the definitions of what we’re trying to research about so that it is clear and the research is accurate.

Definitions of Audience:

-The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert or meeting.

-A formal interview with a person of authority

In this case we’re looking at the first definition of an audience, as we’re looking at what kind of target audience teen drama is generally aimed at. A target audience is simply the general groups a film, play, concert or meeting (in this case film) is aiming to reach out to. A target audience will be anything specific from the Age, maturity, gender, religion and even culture. A teen drama is mostly aimed at a younger age group however you find that some older folk enjoy viewing films of this age as it allows them to reminisce. It’s also mainly aimed at American culture as it’s usually set in America and a lot of those films provoke Christianity and similar religions of the same beliefs as it usually consists of nudity, sex, partying, disobedience and other things some people may consider vulgar. It’s also mainly targeting teenage girls, hence ‘drama, but there’s a surprise mix of gender on who’s actually interested. Another aspect that a target audience may capture is profession, people in high school and college probably have more spare time to watch films and escape work whereas adults are more focused on their career than social life (or at least in high intensive and demanding jobs). It’s very useful for a film to have a target audience for it to be successful as people who most relate or understand the concept someone is trying to produce the more likely they’ll be interested in it and share it with their peers. If you just put out a film about the 70s in black and white the amount of people interested would be miniscule.

I don’t think it’s fair to generalise a whole audience based on their age, profession or anything else for that matter. What it all comes down to is personal interest of people but one person from one age group may prefer one film where it may not be the case for someone else that fits the same profile. And it doesn’t always stand that one age group likes these films. For example, my mother loves teen dramas and can name a lot more than I can and she’s in the age group of 30-40 when I’m 18. So the target audience will never fully be accurate but it’s a good place to start when marketing your productions.

19- GarageBand

Garageband

Garageband is a program that lets you mix any kind of music that the programs has in their system which is more than a thousand sounds packages to select from and make just a few sounds together into a music track. You can change anything from the tempo, to the instrument, to the tone of the music and just about every aspect of sound you can think of. There’s a multitude of choice when picking the specific sound since there’s also the same sounds but in different order. They add an ascending number title to it if it has this such as 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

It lets you sync up the music to the specific video you want to combine the music with it so you can test through a trial and error process as you attempt to find the right combinations of music. It’s also very helpful in the sense that you can also change the transition of music. If you want the soundtrack to transition into one another or overlap you can do so to either the sets of sounds you’ve created or specifically one sound in a sound set you’ve composed.

What you can also change is the volume of each sound. Similar to transitions, you can either change the volume of a whole set of packs or individual sounds for more impact and finesse. The one drawback of garageband is if you know little about music and you don’t have much of an idea of how you the music to go, you may find yourself on the program for a bit longer than you expected. Even if you somehow manage to compose something you can live with it doesn’t make it good enough.

One positive the program has is its clarity and easy-use. All the basic things you need to make it work are pretty straightforward the only thing I’d say you’d have trouble with is doing advanced techniques which will probably require a little more experience from someone else, or at least a thorough read on some guides.

I tried to compose a soundtrack for a title sequence of a high school drama but I found myself wanting to scrap what I composed after an hour and a half since it’s hard to distant yourself from the overall work when you’re doing it. So it’s extremely hard to judge if it’s any good as your doing. A tip would be to have someone look and listen over it once you’ve completed or half way so they can get a good sense of it and give you feedback to improve on.